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Former Edmonton Oiler’s captain Blair MacDonald, a Green Valley native, salutes the crowd during the
closing ceremonies at Rexall Place in Edmonton on April 6. MacDonald scored the ﬁrst goal ever at Rexall
Photo provided by Andy Devlin, Oilers Entertainment Group
Place, then known as Northlands Coliseum.

to grace the Rexall Place ice during the event. What came next caught
the closing of the historic arena in him off guard.
Greater Cornwall & Areas Community
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retzky, Messier, Kurri, Fuhr, Edmonton on April 6.
“All of the sudden a gal comes
Lowe, Coffey, Anderson ...
Among a huge group of former over and says (Rogers Sportsnet)
MacDonald.
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Green Valley’s Blair MaDonald occasion, MacDonald took his seat at you ﬁrst (for an interview broadcast
was one of the former great Oilers centre ice with the legends to kick off
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After ﬁnishing 1-7 last year, Head
Coach Kirby Camplin and the OVFL
Cornwall Wildcats have something
to prove heading into a new season.
“We were extremely young, more
than three-quarters of the team were
rookies, and it’s tough to win in this
league with a lot of rookies,” says
Camplin. “But a lot of those players
have come back, and are now going
to be veterans, and we’ll look to them
to help us be more competitive this
season.”
Besides getting older, the biggest

change to the team will likely be at
quarterback, where Tyler Fisher will
probably be their number one option.
Injuries derailed his season last year,
so Camplin and the team are excited
to see what he can do if he stays
healthy.
From what he’s seen so far,
Camplin says the team also looks
“bigger and meaner on defence.”
The team has been practising
together since December, but things
really started to ramp up in March.
On May 7, the team heads up to
Montreal for a controlled scrimmage
and practice.
Head Coach Kirby Camplin
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onnor Primeau and Brandon
Labelle are two local athletes
who are both attending and playing
lacrosse for the University of
Ottawa.
Primeau is studying Kinesiology.
He started playing hockey at a young
age and took up lacrosse as an offseason sport years later. Primeau
grew up playing box lacrosse and
played ﬁeld lacrosse for the ﬁrst
time in university.
Labelle studies Human Kinetics
with the hopes of becoming a
physical education teacher. Labelle

has played a number of sports, but
has played hockey and lacrosse
competitively his whole life.

“I played three seasons with
the Celtics, while missing the full
season, in what would have been
my second season with the Celtics,
with a concussion,” said Labelle. “I
had some great times playing with
the Cornwall Celtics. One memory
that sticks out in my mind is winning
the OLA provincial championships
in my ﬁnal year. We had a great
leadership group that was either in
their ﬁnal year of junior lacrosse
or close to it. We had been very
successful during the regular season

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My favourite sport’s memory
happened when I was 10 years
old in 1987, game 7 of the Stanley
Cup Final between Philadelphia
and Edmonton. We were living
in Edmonton at the time and we
had just sat down for supper and
my dad asked what I was doing
that night. I said the obvious,
that I was watching the game
on TV. My dad then pulled two
tickets from his back pocket and
supper was done! I will never

forget during a close and tight game that Philly may have dominated the
3rd period, trailing 2-1, and I was very nervous. In the last few minutes,
there was relief and excitement at the same time, as Glen Anderson scored
on the ﬂy off the right wing to make it 3-1 with a couple minutes to go. A
feeling you never forget. Once you go to a game and witness your team
pick up the Cup in person, you’re a die-hard fan for life. It doesn’t matter
how bad they get or for how long.

the previous years, but from day one
of the 2014 season, we were focused
on doing everything we could to
win the provincial championship.
I could not have imagined a better
way to end my junior career than
winning the provincial title with a
lot of the guys that I had grown up
playing lacrosse with.”
Primeau enjoyed his time growing
up and playing sports in Cornwall.
“Growing up in Cornwall was great.
I would always look forward to
the summer and playing lacrosse.
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live on television). That was quite
something. It was unique to sit there
and close it when I was part of the
group that opened it up. I was the
guy who scored the ﬁrst NHL goal
in Northlands Coliseum (the original
name of Rexall Place). We’re sitting
there in the back rooms after the
current Oilers played that afternoon
game (a 6-4 win over Vancouver).
An hour after the game we go onto
the ice and there’s still a capacity
crowd in the seats. Earlier in the
day we visited city hall and there
was over 5000 people there. It was
incredible.”
MacDonald was a leader, the
captain in fact, of the Oilers when they
joined the NHL as part of a merger
with the World Hockey Association
in 1979/80. He found himself on a
squad of talented and young future
Hall of Famers, that ﬁrst NHL
season. He also found himself on a
line with a certain youngster bearing
the jersey number 99. MacDonald
made an impact on the team right
away, ﬁnishing second behind Wayne
Gretzky’s team-leading 147 points
by scoring 46 goals and 94 points of
his own.
“My ﬁrst game was pretty special
but I also look back at the 1979/80
all-star game when Gretz and I were
selected,” MacDonald recalls. “That
all-star game in Detroit is deﬁnitely
high up on my list. We tried to have a
real conﬁdence. We went into every
game thinking we were going to win
it. To make the playoffs in our ﬁrst
year, it was pretty impressive.”
Former Edmonton Oilers star
defenceman Kevin Lowe was a rookie
pro during that ﬁrst NHL season in
Edmonton. Lowe, the current vicechairman of Oilers Entertainment
Group, spoke about MacDonald’s
role in the Oilers’ early success.
“Blair was a great pro and I don’t
use that term loosely,” said Lowe.
“He was classy and hard-working and
a great two-way player. He scored
lots of goals, too. He was so reliable

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Rexall Place last month, MacDonald
said it was a great honour to be
involved. It allowed him the chance
to meet with some old friends he had
not seen in quite some time.
“It was a fabulous night. It was
really well done. It was organized
very well but I don’t think they
expected that many guys would
come back. All the big boys were
back, Gretz, Mess, Jari Kurri, Glenn
Anderson. It was a lot of fun to see
all of the old faces. Val Fonteyne
was my ﬁrst roommate in the WHA.
I was 19 and he was 40 back then.
He was one of the ﬁrst ones I saw (at
the closing ceremony). He’s in his
80s and he still looks great.”
Former Edmonton Oiler’s captain Blair MacDonald, a Green Valley
native, is interviewed by Roger’s Sportsnet personality John Shannon
during the closing ceremonies at Rexall Place in Edmonton on April
6. MacDonald was the ﬁrst player interviewed during the ceremony.

Photo provided by: Andy Devlin, Oilers Entertainment Group

in his own end. He was a good ﬁrst
example for us younger guys. For
Mark (Messier) and myself, and
Glen (Anderson) later in the year, it
was our ﬁrst years. Guys like Blair,
Ron Chipperﬁeld, Lee Fogelin, Al
Hamilton, Colin Campbell; we were
lucky to have such strong leadership.
I would watch Blair and I would say
that’s what a good pro should be like.
I haven’t seen him a lot over the years
so it was good to have a conversation
with him.”

played when we could and wherever
we could.”

MacDonald skated for the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League’s
Cornwall Royals for three seasons as
a junior from 1970/71 to 1972/73. He
scored 45 goals and 90 points when
the Royals won the Memorial Cup in
1971/72. He followed that up with
a 102-point season the year after,
before joining the WHA’s Oilers in
1973/74. It’s while in the WHA he
honed his skills as a leader. He tried
MacDonald grew up playing his to share those attributes when the
minor hockey in Alexandria. If he Oilers joined the NHL in 1979.
couldn’t be found hitching a ride to
“I would like to think we set the
take part in a game in the local town,
bar for work ethic and how to prepare
he and his family members would
for games,” MacDonald says of the
likely be skating on the family rink at
veterans on the squad. “Those players
the farm owned by Mervyn and Anna
were so talented, so young. I tried to
Margaret MacDonald.
set a standard. It was an honour to
“When I look back, it doesn’t feel wear that jersey. It was such a good
like it was that long ago,” MacDonald group. We had so much fun. We
says with a chuckle. “I played minor loved to play so much. After practice
hockey in Alexandria and it was a lot we would bring the nets in and set
more relaxed back then. I would play them up to play “mini hockey” as we
any game I could. After chores and called it. We would play for another
school work we would play out on the hour or so.”
pond until dark. I would hitchhike
As for the closing ceremonies at
to Alexandria to play games. We

In 219 NHL games MacDonald
scored 91 goals and 191 points. He
had 336 points in 476 WHA games.
After retiring as a player he took on
a position with Central Scouting. He
was happy to remain involved in the
game. He just recently retired from
scouting two years ago. During his
time assessing talent, he noticed
some big changes in the way the
game is played today.
“I would travel throughout North
America watching kids play. I would
see kids on a three-on-two and they
would dump it in for a line change
because they had reached their
25-second shift limit. That drove
me crazy. One thing today’s game
is missing is the coaches letting the
players be creative. It wasn’t so
structured when we played. There’s
not enough creativity in the game
now. It was a good gig though. I
travelled and I watched kids giving
their all playing hockey. They
always gave a good effort.”
As the Oilers look forward to the
2016 NHL Entry Draft, MacDonald
spoke about the current standing of
the team. He was asked if any team
could ever rival the team he played
with.
“I don’t know if you will ever see
a juggernaut like that again. It looks
like (the Oilers) have shored up their
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Cornwall
Seaway Blades 60+ team ran the
table, winning 5 straight games to
capture the CARHA World Cup
played out in Windsor Ontario,
April 3rd to 10th 2016.
The largest recreational hockey
event held in Canada showcased
134 teams from 14 countries with
age groups from 19 to 70.
Cornwall wasted little time
in their ﬁrst game against the
Newmarket Ontario based Gravel
Merchants with a decisive 7-2
win. Six different scorers led
Cornwall to the victory with
Claude Landriault notching a pair

of goals and being named game
MVP.
Game two saw a continued
balanced attack in a 6-0 white
wash of the Michigan Sting 60/
USA. Jim Losey with 2 goals and
1 assist shared the MVP award
with Jack Wylemans who was
instrumental in setting up two
goals. Solid goaltending from
Dave Alguire sealed the Cornwall
victory.
Next up in game three was HC
Luzern Oldies from Switzerland
resulting in another 7-2 Cornwall
victory.
Mike Hanton, game
MVP, with a hat trick and Pat
Maloney, netting a goal and 2
assists, led the way.
With three straight victories
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division and crossed over to meet
the 2nd placed ﬁnisher from
the other grouping, the Kanata
Ontario Old-timers.
In the semi-ﬁnal game Cornwall
came away with a decisive 4-1
victory. Mark Comfort, Claude
Landriault, Henry Ceelan, and
Peter Lascelle scored the goals.
Dave Alguire once again was
sharp in the net.
The
Championship
match
showcased two undefeated teams;
Cornwall Seaway Blades vs.
Hammarby IF 60 (Sweden)
The ﬁnal game featured
close checking and spectacular
goaltending at both ends, sending
the game into overtime at 0-0.
Cornwall was forced to kill off two
3-on-5 penalties during regulation
as well. Cornwall’s goalie Dave
Alguire was instrumental in
getting the game to overtime. In
the ﬁrst overtime period Peter
Lascelle drove home the winner at
2:24 with help from Pat Maloney

and Dave MacDonald.
Goaltenders Dave Alguire of
Cornwall Seaway Blades and
Robert Nyqvist of Hammarby IF
both took home the MVP titles of
the game after proving to everyone
in attendance the passion and skill
they both brought to the ice.
Cornwall’s Pat Maloney was
the tournament leading scorer in
the eight team division with 10
points - 3 goals and 7 assists.
Team organizer and manager,
Dave MacDonald is thrilled with
the outcome expressing that this
was by far the highlight of his 40+
years playing and coordinating
recreational hockey. “We are just
a group of regular guys, with no
egos, playing with heart, passion,
and dedication for the love of the
game in a total team concept.”
Next up for the Cornwall
Seaway Blades will be some 60+
tournaments while preparing for
another shot at the worlds in 2020
aging into the 65+ category.

“ If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always
find a way not to win.”
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goaltending. They just need to get
some experience on defence to help
with the talented group they have
on the back end. If they can keep
everyone together, they are going to
have a good team.”
Last season the Oilers selected
generational talent Connor McDavid
with the ﬁrst pick overall. Like
MacDonald, and all of the other
greats to have donned the Oilers
jersey before him, Lowe sees many

leadership qualities in the club’s
newest star, too.
“Connor is very bright and you can
tell he has been in that environment
for a long time and he has handled
it well. He was among all of these
alumni at the closing and you could
see him head for the shadows. He
made sure he wasn’t in the forefront. He would go to the back of
the line when he could. He has very
positive traits as a person. What he
does on the ice, he’s already such a
spectacular leader at a young age.

He’s following in the steps of greats
like (Jonathan) Toews, (Sidney)
Crosby, (Steve) Yzerman and Gretz.”

Game, are you coming?’ I said sure.
It’s going to be a blast. Gretz doesn’t
play in a lot of these games. I better
There’s another historic Oilers start getting in shape.”
event approaching that MacDonald
In the meantime, MacDonald
is looking forward to. He will be is hoping to get back to his roots
skating in next year’s Heritage this summer and visit his family
Classic alumni game being held in Glengarry. “I’ve been back a
in Winnipeg against a group of couple of times recently. I used to
Winnipeg Jets legends. He received visit after travelling to Montreal and
a special invitation to be there.
other parts of Quebec while scouting
“I met Gretz a month ago and he junior games. I’m hoping to visit
said to me ‘we’re doing this Heritage this summer.”

Akwesasne Jr “B” Indians Looking to Defend Title

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The 2015/16 Gold Medal Champions.

By Derrick LoRusso

G

eneral
Manager
of
the
Akwesasne Jr B Indians lacrosse
team, Roy Ledoux, has been with the
team since 2010, given the title by
a friend who needed help with the
team. Ledoux tells us the team used
to be Jr. A, but due to unforeseen
circumstances it was dropped to Jr.
B. “In 2012 the Akwesasne Jr. B
Indians began play in the Ontario
Lacrosse Association when the club
was forced to drop down from the
Jr. A division, due to the cost and
amount of travel that was required to
play Jr. A”.

In his time as GM, Ledoux has
seen the Jr. B’s win both silver and
gold medals; “Being involved with
the 2012 team when we won a silver
medal at the Founders Cup,” he says,
adding, “Then of course last season
with the Gold medal and winning a
National Championship.”

every year.

Blaze Riorden who attend and play
When asked what makes a good for the Albany Great Danes, and
coach, in his opinion, Ledoux easily Adam Bomberry playing in the NLL
answered. “A good coach has to be for the Rochester Knighthawks.”
able to relate to his players and know
The team started the season on
when and how to discipline his team
April 23rd, with a strong 11-10 win
and when to praise them,” he says,
adding his praise for players who over their rivals, the Kahnawake
Last season was very good for the further their education. “We are very Hunters.
Akwesasne Jr B Indians, as Ledoux proud of the players that choose to
And for anyone who wants to keep
explains. “Last season was great after continue their education by attending
track of the team’s games, “People
starting 3-4,” he says. “The team university,” he says. “For example
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a National Championship.” Ledoux ﬁeld lacrosse for the Big Red and com. By clicking on the OJBLL ‘our
also mentioned the team helps with also Dalton Roundpoint and former schedule’,” Ledoux said. “Stats and
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The Monday Night Ladies’
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of another successful, fun-ﬁlled
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sports in a small town deﬁnitely has
its beneﬁts,” says Primeau. “I think
it’s been a huge adjustment coming
from box lacrosse to ﬁeld, I hadn’t
realized how different the game was.
Nonetheless, I’ve learned a lot in the
past few years and have come to
love the game of ﬁeld lacrosse.”
Primeau thinks that his University
of Ottawa lacrosse team has
“tremendous potential and a bright
future.”
“I think we owe all our success to
Brett Perras (Founder, President, and
Coach). He has put an unbelievable
amount of time and effort into our
team,” says Primeau. “Without him
there would be no University of
Ottawa lacrosse. Although we did
not see as much success as we had
hoped for in our ﬁrst few seasons,
we now have a strong core and a
potentially strong freshman class.”
Looking back on his time spent
playing in Cornwall, Labelle says
it was fun seeing how much the
Cornwall Minor Lacrosse players
enjoyed coming to their games.
“It’s easy to forget how much of
an inﬂuence we have on the younger
lacrosse players in Cornwall, but
they make it a little more enjoyable
to play,” says Labelle. “We always
had very competitive teams at
multiple age levels, even if we
would normally be playing teams
that are made up of much bigger
populations. There is a real passion
for lacrosse in Cornwall.”

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Ben Pineault is a Grade 8
student
at
Tagwi
Secondary School from
Long Sault, Ontario.
At school, Ben plays
on the competitive
hockey and soccer
teams.
Outside of
school, Ben plays hockey
for
the Seaway Valley Rapids
AA Minor Bantam team as a left winger.
This year the team won the OEMHL play-off
championship, a ﬁrst for the team in many
years. Ben’s favourite subjects in schools
are physical education and math. Ben will
continue to develop his hockey skills over
the summer by playing spring hockey with
the St. Lawrence Wolves and ball hockey in
the summer.

Ty Celone

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Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School

École secondaire catholique La Citadelle

Hammad Butter is a Grade 8 student
at Holy Trinity who always excels
in whatever he does, including
science fairs and French public
speaking. He maintains a 90%
plus average and plays many
different sports; with basketball
a focus. He started playing
basketball at age 8 with the
Cornwall Lions house league and
has just ﬁnished his third season with
the Cornwall Lions Bantam travelling team. Hammad
also played on the Holy Trinity basketball team which
won 2 tournaments this season. He plays on all school
sports teams and is a very coachable player, getting
along extremely well with his coaches and teammates.
Hammad’s long term goals include being a neurosurgeon
and playing basketball at the university level. Hammad
is deﬁnitely a well-rounded student and the staff of Holy
Trinity is proud of all of his achievements and knows
that he will succeed in all of his future endeavours!

Whistle Stops
The “Team” has just completed Issue # 42 , and as
always, I would like to thank Lynn (Graphic Design),
Margo (Editor), Gary (Sales), Bernadette (Website), our
writers Todd, Molly, Victoria, Jordan, Derrick and John,
our editorial columnists, Jim, Jorge, Dave, The Sports
Panel, Gilles, Jake, Jim, our distribution locations, our
advertisers and of course the people who are featured in
our stories. I hope you enjoy # 42
Congrat’s to Joseph Samson for being drafted to
the OHL’s Kingston Frontenac’s. We believe the last
local player drafted by Kingston was Chad Kilger in the
1993/94 draft. Chad went on to become a key player in the
Frontenac’s organization and enjoyed a long career in the
NHL. Hey, no pressure Joseph.

The student athlete for this month
at École secondaire catholique
La Citadelle is our little
dynamo, Amber Flannigan.
Amber is a grade nine
student, who has proven
throughout the year that size
does not matter. Amber has
participated in cross-country,
basketball, hockey, tennis,
baseball, track, and badminton.
She
has been successful in all her
sports; however, it is her success in badminton which
we would like to celebrate. Amber played senior
badminton in the girls’ single division and won both
the SD&G and the Eastern Ontario championship to
represent La Citadelle in the Provincial championship
being held in North Bay in May. Amber showed
complete composure playing against girls three to four
years older then herself. She is a great ambassador to
the sport of badminton, her dedication, and hard work
being key to her success. Good luck, Amber at the
provincial championship! La Citadelle is proud and
rooting for you!

Akwesasne Jr “B” Indians take to the ﬂoor this month
looking to defend their OLA Championship (Provincial),
and Founders Cup Championship (National). All the best
to coach Adam Thompson, GM Roy Ledoux and the
organization.

We see the Jr “A” Colts have reloaded at the CCHL
Bantam and Midget drafts. First camp is May 14-15th.
Hockey has become a yearlong sport.
Cornwall Multisport Club is hosting two events in
May, The Spring Duathon on May 7th and a 5K Victoria
Day Chase on May 18th. Visit their website for more
information, www.cornwallmultisport club.com
Parents, did you remember to register your child in a
summer sport?
Golf season has ﬁnally arrived. Enjoy!

Winners never Quit and Quitters Never Win, Signing
out Until next Month
Mike Piquette, Publisher

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defeated the Ottawa 67’s in a thrilling
7-6 come-from-behind victory in the
ﬁnal, on Saturday, at a tournament in
Canton, NY.
Carter Verdone went coast-to-coast
and scored the game-winning goal
with less than two minutes to play in
the contest. Moments earlier, Adam
Mailhot levelled the score for Cornwall,
which earlier lost 7-5 to Ottawa in
round-robin play.
The Colts defeated the Can-Am Stars
11-0 and Valley Elite 5-2 to advance to
the ﬁnal.
William Traynor was outstanding
in goal for Cornwall, while Connor
Giroux and Sam Harty were also
spectacular in the ﬁnal.
The team is comprised of 2009
players from Long Sault, Cornwall,
Williamstown, Alexandria, Kemptville,
and Akwesasne. Other members of the
spring team are Jack McConnell, Evan
Robertson, Timothy Walker, Zachary
Wilson, Ryland Burelle, Kaiden
Leroux, and Kaiden Thompson.

Ontario Senior Games Eastern Open Regional Challenge for 5 pin bowling held recently at Walkley Bowling Lanes by District
7, Ottawa West. The event had registration for 15 teams and a singles competition for ages 55+, 65+ and 75+. Awards are being
presented to (left) Leo Laﬂeur for highest singles score of 286 and (right) Paul Aupry for the 2nd place winner with a score of
221 by Shirley Birnboim, Executive Director of District 7, Ottawa West.
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presents

Sports Panel

For the 1st time in 46 years there are no Canadian Teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. What do you think contributed
to this happening?
Gilles Gaudet - Sports Enthusiast - The simple answer is that they didn’t have enough points to qualify and chase for Lord Stanley’s cup. Is
this failure an aberration, or are all the Canadian teams going to mimic the Leafs and make this a yearly tradition? Maybe we can blame the lowly
Canadian dollar. Five million American dollars in salary, converts to 6.5 million in Canadian dollars. That has to hurt the bottom line, when you’re
running a hockey club. From a hockey point of view, the Canadian teams are all extremely ﬂawed: the Habs need Price, scoring, and a coach;
the Leafs are in perpetual rebuild; the Oilers can’t get their young stars to shine; the Flames need a goalie like Price; the Canucks can’t score and
the Sedins are aging quickly; the Jets have most of the pieces but remain an enigma; and, lastly, the Sens can’t play defence and can’t win on the
road. Go Jays go!!!

Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - The seven Canadian NHL franchises, which make up less than twenty-ﬁve percent of the league, have a

tougher time tax-wise than the American teams do. This makes it more difﬁcult to retain players and to attract free agents. Ontario and Quebec
have a higher tax rate than any state in the USA, while Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia rank among the top ten of states /provinces with
an NHL team. Injuries are part of the game and are an issue that every team has to deal with at some point, but long term injuries to key personnel
probably caused both Ottawa and Montreal to miss the playoffs this year. Without a Canadian team to cheer for, the NHL playoffs will not be the
same this year.

as many games as possible, but give the illusion of looking somewhat competitive, and convincing fans losing was the right game plan was so
freakishly brilliant, they all decided to follow suit. All kidding aside, it is a very bitter pill for hockey fans to swallow, having no Canadian teams
in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. A number of issues attributed to this year’s outcome such as, injuries, teams average 28 shots per game, 32 shots
against (weak performances), front ofﬁce scrambling for backup. This year’s performance would indicate there’s a problem with Canadian team
front ofﬁce management bringing together a balanced group of players and creating team depth. Odds of Canadian teams depending on one or
two high end players to succeed through a tough season and continue into the playoffs are next to nil. Teams require a good balance of players and
depth. In my opinion (for what it’s worth), Canadian team front ofﬁce staff have failed miserably in creating balanced teams and building solid
team depth. Hockey is Canada’s game; Canadian fans ﬁll Canadian arenas at a very high premium and deserve a much better effort from owners
in putting together competitive teams.

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Tuesday Night Ladies’ Competitive League
By Staff Writer

A

nother great season of ladies’
competitive play ended with a
three week cash bonspiel sponsored
by Gabri Lalonde Wealth Advisory
Group. The closing bonspiel was a
huge success.
This was also the end of the second
round of league play. Sixteen teams
competed in two divisions.
The A Division, sponsored by Dr.
Garrett Foley Medicine Professional,
was won by Jen Harvey’s team
of Lead Kelly McLeod, Second
Stephanie Barbeau and Vice Lise
Lalonde. Runner-up was Ann Bruni’s
team of Lead Elaine Bissonnette,

Second Nicole Lalonde and Vice
Claire Tessier.
The B Division, sponsored by
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance
Co. was won by Melanie Marion’s
team of Lead Johanne Marion,
Second Theresa McAnany and Vice
June Eden. Runner-up was Donna
Guindon’s team of Lead Luanne Doll,
Alternate Josette Leduc, Second Elise
Wells and Vice Nancy Simpson.
League convenor, Lise Lalonde,
was very pleased with the number
of players who participated and the
quality of the play. She is, “wishing
everyone a great summer and is
looking forward to seeing everyone
A Division winners - left to right Skip Jen Harvey, Vice Lise Lalonde,
back next season.”
Second Stephanie Barbeau and Lead Kelly McLeod. Photo Submitted

ur club’s men’s representative to the
2017 Dominion Club Championships
was determined on the ﬁnal day of men’s
competition on Wednesday April 6th. The
top two teams over the regular season
made it to the League Championship game
with Charlie Wert’s team of Second Terry
Lichty and Vice John Wright and Skip Matt
Cam prevailing over Kevin Baker’s team
of Lead Don Ryan, Second Jeff Bethune
and Vice Scott McDonald. The A Division
Bronze medal game was won by Denis
Carter’s team of Lead Rob Mahon, Second
Stephane Leger and Vice Frank Holiday.
The B Division winner was Bill
Sobering’s team of Lead Barry Zeran,
Second Sam Wilson and Vice Wayne
Summers. Runner-up was Troy Lalonde’s
team of Lead Rob Lalonde, Second Mark
Seguin and Vice Dan Mano.

The C Division winner was Dave
Thurston’s team of Lead Jace Patkai,
Second Michael Lloyd and Vice Jeff
Comer. Runner-up was Bob Ellison’s team
of Lead Peter Lindop, Second Jeff Ridal
and Vice Tim Simpson.

nother season of competitive mixed
curling is in the books. Twenty
teams competed in two divisions with
the top teams in each division competing
The D Division winner was Richard
in a play-off to determine the division
Bourdeau’s team of Lead Dale Phippen,
championships.
Second John Laframboise and Vice Dan
Laperle. Runner-up was Phil Riel’s team
In the A Division, Kevin Baker’s
of Lead Marc Seguin, Second Chris Martin team of Lead Joanne Matte, Second Ron
and Vice Luc Rozon.
Leroux and Vice Jen Wright ﬁnished
The men’s league was sponsored by league play in 1st place and then
Troy Lalonde and Kevin Gabri which defeated Neil MacLean’s team of Lead
made it possible to end each of the four Micheline Lacasse, Second John Reid
draws and the play-off draw with a meal, and Vice Lynn Macdonell in the Gold
the highlight being the end of season steak Medal game. Simon Hebert’s team of
dinner. Thanks Troy & Kevin. League Lead Norm Quenneville, Second Simon
convener John Wright was very pleased Olivier Hebert and Vice Marie Claude
with the competitive format used this year Comeau won the Bronze medal game.
and the caliber of play in each of the four
In the B Division, Angus McLeod’s
divisions.

team of Lead Clair Tessier, Second Guy
Tessier and Vice Desiree McLeod also
ﬁnished league play in 1st place and then
defeated Melanie Marion’s team of Lead
Johanne Marion, Second Dan Laperle
and Vice Theresa McAnany in the Gold
Medal game. It was a battle of the two
top “B” Division teams as Marion’s
team ﬁnished league play in 2nd place.
The Bronze Medal game ended in a tie
with both teams happy to end the season
on a positive note. Jean Samson’s team
of Lead Val Biggs, Second Stewart
MacDonald and Vice Lynda MacDonald
played to a 5-5 draw with Lew Stanley’s
team of Lead Kristen Stanley, Second
France Rioux and Vice John Rattray.
League convener Dan Laperle was
very pleased, “it was a great season and
I’m looking forward to next year.”

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Ryan Stabler Revs up for the Upcoming Race Season
By Molly Kett

T

hirty-three-year-old
Ryan
Stabler, Manager of RSI
Industrial Supply in Cornwall, is
ready and excited for the upcoming
racing season after his last season
was cut short.
Initially, Stabler got into racing
when he was sixteen, but not
through racing. “I was sixteen,
helping Brian McDonald on his
modiﬁed and then I probably
helped him for about ten years and
then kind of got into racing myself,
sub car racing anyways. When
I was younger I raced motocross
and go-karts and stuff like that,”
says Stabler.

Stabler’s last season started off
well, but came to an abrupt and
somewhat dangerous end. “We
were ﬁghting for ﬁrst in points, we
were running second, and the ﬁrst
week in August we actually got
in a wreck at Cornwall Speedway L to R John Lazore, co-owner Mohawk International Raceway, Driver Ryan Stabler, Raymond Laverne, coPhoto Credit: Rick at the Races
and I actually fractured my back owner, Cornwall Motor Speedway.
and that put me out for the rest of
the year,” says Stabler. “That was
the last time we raced.”

seventeen races in a series so it’s
kind of hard to do them all.”

Every Sunday night, Cornwall
Speedway has races until Labour
Day weekend in September.
Cornwall Speedway is Stabler’s
home track.

is called the Sportsman Modiﬁed.

Every second Friday, Stabler’s
Despite his wreck last year, team usually go across to Mohawk
Stabler says he’s ready to get back Speedway and races for fun.
on the track. “We’ll be ready to
At the end of the season is
go; I bought a brand new car so a payout for total points. Last
I’m just working on getting that season, Stabler missed many of
ready. I’ve been going to physio the races that had large payouts.
quite often to get myself ready,” “If we race every Sunday at the
says Stabler. “We’ll be ready Speedway, you write your point
to go in two weeks, some tracks every week and then at the end of
have started already, but I’ve been the year they have a points fund
pretty busy at work so we’re not and they pay you out based on
going to go until Cornwall starts, how you did all year on that track,”
which is May 13.”
says Stabler. The class he races in

“There’s other special events
you can do throughout the year
too, there’s the Super Dirt series
that does Ontario, Quebec, and all
throughout the U.S.,” says Stabler.
“We hit up some of those races,
we don’t do them all. There are

Stabler has been off for a while,
but is really looking forward to
starting up again. What he likes
most, though, is the social aspect
of the sport. “Mostly just hanging
out with all the friends. The
racing is good, but it’s mostly just
all the people you get to meet, the
racers, sponsors, people in the
organization they’re all usually
good people,” says Stabler.

ASK THE COACH
Name: Donald McDougald,
8 yrs old
Team: Glengarry Hearts
U9 boys Alexandria, ON
Question: When you play
goalie, how do you know
where to stand to stop
shots?
Answered by:
Donald McDougal
Long-time Glengarry
Soccer League and Cornwall
District Soccer League
minor and senior coach
Answer: The most important thing for a goalie is positioning.
Positioning is where you stand in the net. It takes a lot of practise, but
you have to learn where the other team is trying to pass or shoot and
position yourself to stop them. But that is very advanced for a young
player. The most important thing for a young goalie is to look at the
player that has the ball and position yourself in a straight line between
the ball and the centre of the net; if you can do that (which also takes
practise), you will be in very good position to stop the shot.

Local Fisherman Allen McNairn Talks Fishing
Memories and Why He Loves the Sport
By Molly Kett

A

llen McNairn has lived in the
Morrisburg area for his entire
life. He has worked at the Upper
Canada Golf Course since 1999.
He grew up playing sports, like
hockey and golf but when McNairn
isn’t working, he loves to ﬁsh.
“Fishing is a very relaxing, fun,
and interesting thing to do,” says
McNairn. “I can spend hours out in
the boat with friends or even alone.
I enjoy the challenge of trying to
ﬁgure out what lures to use and
where the hot spots are on a given
day.”
He remembers ﬁshing when
he was a young child in the area.
“My earliest childhood memory of
ﬁshing would be ﬁshing for mud
pout along the St. Lawrence river,
with my Dad, using bamboo poles
that were 3 or 4 times taller than
me.”
His favourite ﬁshing memory
took place at his cottage. He and his
wife arrived later in the evening and
decided to go out on the water to try
and catch some ﬁsh. “After a few
minutes we started to catch ﬁsh on
almost every cast. It was dusk and
the bite was on. Not just the ﬁsh,
the mosquitoes were very hungry as
well, to the point where you could
hardly concentrate,” says McNairn.
“We laughed for what seemed like
hours catching ﬁsh after ﬁsh, while

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ﬁghting the bugs, but had no choice
but to return to the cottage as our
cedar strip boat was now about shin
deep in water.”

boat or fancy equipment. A lowpriced rod and reel and a dozen
worms is all you need,” says
McNairn. “With the St Lawrence
being so close by you can ﬁsh from
shore at many locations. Fishing is
a really fun family activity, the next
time you see someone ﬁshing; look
anyone
can
do.
“You
don’t
need
a
to see if they’re smiling.”
“We have small mouth bass, large

mouth bass up to 7 pounds, and pike
in the 2 to 5 pound range. Our lake
will remain nameless, ﬁshermen
don’t like to give away their secret
His favourite place to ﬁsh is the hotspots,” McNairn jokes.
lake where his cottage is, in the
For those who haven’t tried
Charleston Lake area.
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Bill Lister Talks Multisport
By Molly Kett

B

ill Lister, who now lives in
Cornwall but is originally from
Lethbridge, Alberta, has been full of
energy since a very young age. His
parents enrolled him in swimming so
he could sit still long enough to get
through school. He remained active
during his time at university, where
he changed from swimming to water
polo. Lister took up running nearly
20 years ago, and is now a member of
the Cornwall Multisport Club.
“About 20 years ago I decided to
try running. My ﬁrst efforts were
dismal, a few blocks later out of
breath and disheartened, one of my
neighbours said, ‘why don’t you
come run with a group, it is much
easier.’ I took him up on the offer
and was soon introduced to a group
of wonderful people,” recalls Lister.
“They would double back when I fell
behind, make sure I had water, and
we soon were talking, laughing, and
solving the world’s problems on each
outing. This great group of friends
inspired me to watch the grace of the
fastest athletes and cheer on those
who are built like me. Multisport
expressions are regular parts of my
vocabulary now, ‘a waddle is faster
than a walk and don’t stop unless a
bone sticks out’ are common insider
trash talking encouragements.”
What he likes most about the club
is that anyone can be involved. Lister
says he likes seeing organized events
where he can participate with Boston
qualiﬁers. He also ﬁnds training
more fun than the competition.
“Never has there been a run or a
bike ride or a Friday night swim in
the river where I have not had fun
with the group,” says Lister. “Great
adventures have been realized
through my participation in the club,

running the hills of New Hampshire
in the middle of the night and biking
from casino to casino are just two
that come to mind.”
What’s next for Lister in terms of
multisport is simple. He wants to
see how many training events he can
attend, and if he can make someone
smile.
Lister says the multisport club is
good for the community for a number
of reasons.
“I know for a fact, those that
participate regularly in the club have
lower absenteeism rates at their place
of work, are more productive, have
better mental health attitudes, and
are much less of burden on the health
care system than those who are
sedentary,” says Lister. “The club
has great economy attributes as well.
It helps active people realize what
hidden gems exist in the St. Lawrence
Valley. Visitors learn, and spread the
word, that this area is a great place to
live, work, and play. The club helps
push political agendas forward, such
as, upgrading and lengthening bike
paths, building pools, closing roads
for athletes, and showing people
what various sports are all about. “
Finally, Lister says the list of
people who make the club great is
endless. This includes those who
don’t necessarily participate. “Some
special thoughts should go out to the
wives and husbands who participate
in most unusual ways. Many times
my wife has delivered refreshments to
a group of runners or bikers who are
out there doing their thing, rescued
people who have ﬂat tires, or cooked
for those who have no idea where a
carbohydrate lives,” says Lister. “The
athletes get all the attention but the
silent supporters behind the athletes
need to be recognized as well.”

lla Dickson scored with 4
seconds left in the 7th overtime
to lift the Cornwall Atom B Typhoons
to a 3-2 victory over Etobicoke
to win the Bronze Medal at the
OWHA Provincial Championships
in Toronto. Paisley Cook and Maude
Millette gave Cornwall a 2-0 lead
before the Dolphins stormed back

with two quick goals early in the 3rd
period.
Amelie Brunet made several key
saves in overtime including a goal
line stop in the 6th extra frame.

Coyotes, and a 2-1 win over the
Ancaster Avalanche. Brunet and
Emily McLaughlin each earned a
shutout in the round-robin.

The Typhoons advanced with a
The victory capped a successful 4-0 win over the Oakville Hornets
weekend for the team who went in the quarter-ﬁnal game before the
The Atom B Typhoons are made
undefeated in round-robin play Ottawa Ice blanked Cornwall 2-0 in
thanks to a 2-0 win over Ottawa the semi-ﬁnal setting up a showdown up of players from Cornwall, South
Ice, a 4-0 victory over the Caledon with Etobicoke for the Bronze. Glengarry and South Stormont.

his team in the game, the Sharks
could have been on the receiving
end of some very convincing losses.
It was not uncommon for him to be
bruised and sore after tournaments,
having faced countless shots from
the opposition. Christian played
with an edge that allowed him to
make a number of big saves at
important moments for the Sharks.

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T

he St. Lawrence College (SLC)
Athletics & Student Life
department was able to recognize
all of the hard work and dedication
that SLC-Cornwall student-athletes,
coaches, staff, and volunteers put
into their Sharks’ programs at the
annual Sharks Athletics Banquet on
Wednesday April 6th at the Ramada
Inn & Conference Centre.

The night’s top awards for the
Cornwall Student Union Male and
Female Athletes of the Year went to
student-athletes that participated in
two sports each, and were actively
involved off the playing ﬁeld by
helping shape the future of the
department. This year’s athletes
of the year were Christian Léger
Christian Leger and Josee Daze were honourd as the SLC Top Athletes
(men’s hockey & indoor soccer) at Athletics Banquet.
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and Josée Daze (women’s hockey &
cross country).
hockey team, Christian is one of opposing players, and playing an
It was obvious that Christian the most reliable players on the important role in the Sharks winning
was not only determined to be team, who can be put onto the ice in the 2015-16 Challenge Cup.
Christian also stepped up to be
successful on the ice and pitch but any situation. His calm and smart
also in the classroom and within the puck possession allowed him to goalkeeper for the Sharks men’s
Athletics department. As a second- create several scoring chances for indoor soccer team this season.
year forward with the Sharks men’s his teammates, shutting down top Without his determination to keep

His coaches, from both teams,
were more than impressed with
his attitude as a quiet leader; never
complaining and always looking
for opportunities to improve. Away
from the ice and pitch, Christian
was actively involved with Varsity
council to help further develop the
Athletics department for the future.
“I really can’t thank my coaches
(Graham Midgley, Sean Boulerice,
and Mike Pettinella) enough.
They’ve all been a huge support
for me this year” said Léger. “I’m
grateful for having been given this
opportunity. Both teams I played for
were amazing and were a lot of fun.”

“In the 1970’s, 80’s and early 90’s
The Cornwall Royals “Dished out”
Major Jr Hockey Action, During
this time, George, Paul and Tommy
“Dished out” their famous home
cooked meals and pizza.
The Royals left town 23 years ago, George,
Paul and Tommy are still in the same
location, serving the same delicious meals.
You’re invited to come in and see why many
Royals players picked Cornwall BBQ as
their favourite restaurant.

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Continued from page 20
Josée Dazé wanted to become
more involved at SLC and joined the
Sharks cross-country running team in
September. She had immediate success
ﬁnishing as the top Sharks runner at
every Invitational this season, with
her best performance coming from
the daunting 5 km SLC Schooners
Invitational race in 25:22. Her coach,
Tanya Deeks, noticed her strong work
ethic to consistently improve after each
race as a key factor than can separate
the good runners from the great ones.
Not to be stopped there, the 201415 Sharks women’s hockey Rookie of
the Year made the easy transition back
into the hockey program and played
a valuable leadership role that earned
her the assistant captain title. She may
have not led the team in points this
season, but she was vital in the Sharks
impressive 14-2-1 season, passing on
her valuable OCCCR experience to the
rookies, as the team pushed into the
post-season to ﬁnish as the third best
team in the province.
Coaches
from
both
teams
complimented Josée’s positive attitude
and quiet leadership that was noticed
and respected by her peers. Josée
even involved herself with the Peer
Ambassador Committee and the Sharks
Varsity Council, as well as being a
full-time student in the demanding
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
(BScN) program, and working parttime in her ﬁeld of study.
“I deﬁnitely wasn’t expecting to win
female athlete of the year” said Dazé.
“As Katharine [referring to Katharine
Wattie, SLC Athletics & Student Life
Ofﬁcer] was describing the winner,
the more I started to realize that she
was describing me and I couldn’t
really believe it. I really need to thank
my coaches. I was so happy to be
named assistant captain for the Sharks
hockey team by Sean and Mike.” Dazé
added, “Tanya was the main reason I
was successful, as she really helped
me regain my form in cross-country
running”.
With a 3.9 GPA, second-year Sharks
cross-country runner and indoor soccer
player, Stephanie Chapman and ﬁrst-

Samantha Turcotte
Each Varsity and Extramural
program has individual player
awards,
to
acknowledge
the
efforts of members from their
team during the 2015-16 season.
The award winners this year are:
Cross Country
Most Improved Male Runner
Samual Rouleau
Most Improved Female Runner
Josée Dazé
Most Valuable Runner
Forrest Frair
Golf
Rookie of the Year
Tyler Cassidy
Coaches Recognition
Colin Allaire
Most Valuable Player
Jordan Rochon
Women’s Indoor Soccer
Rookie of the Year

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MVP of the Month
Taryn Hutt

Age: 14; Home town: Monkland
School: St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary
School; Grade 9
Last season Taryn Hutt enjoyed a tremendously
successful season with the Cornwall Typhoons
Bantam B team. Teaming up with Tanya Disotell
between the pipes, the goaltenders helped lead their
team to the provincial championships in Toronto.
“We worked very hard and met some tough

competition,” notes Hutt.
Along with hockey, Hutt also plays competitive soccer with the Seaway Valley
Blazers. She also dances with the BCDC Dance Studio in Cornwall.
As for hockey, she only started three years ago at age 11. “I asked my parents if
I could be a goalie,” she recalls. I played my ﬁrst season in the Cornwall house
league at peewee and then tried out the following season for the competitive team
in bantam. I also love to dance and play soccer. If I had to give one up, it would
be very hard to choose which one.”

iley Andre, a Gr. 6 student at
St. George Catholic School, is a
hard-working student who gets along
well with his classmates and enjoys
working on projects with his peers.
He is also a keen athlete, excelling in
not one, but two competitive sports.
Riley started playing baseball
for the Cornwall River Rats in the
T-ball division when he was 5 years
old. He played for the coach pitch

division (house league and rep) and
moved up to the minor division a
year early, at 8 years old, where he
played house league and rep for three
years. For the last two falls he has
played rep fall ball; the ﬁrst year for
Bergy Baseball out of Montreal and
last year for the Cornwall Minor
River Rats. Ever since Riley was
7 years old he has devoted his free
time in the off-season to one-on-one
personal training for baseball with
Bergy Baseball, Mike Kusiewicz
(Team Canada 2004 Olympics),
and most recently with Ruthian
Baseball Academy (Dingerz) out of
Ottawa. This year Riley challenged
himself by trying out for the Ottawa
Chiefs AAA Peewee division. He Riley Andre
successfully made the team and will
work ethic and love for baseball will
be playing for them this summer as a
propel him through this next phase
pitcher and inﬁelder.
of his baseball life.” Coach Barry
“Riley, ﬁrst and foremost, is a great Brown.
kid who leads with his work ethic.
Riley’s second love is basketball.
He was always at practice early and He started playing house league for
working on skills of the game. He Cornwall when he was 6 years old.
was a great teammate as he was When he turned 9 he tried out for the
always positive and encouraging Cornwall Lions Major Atom rep team
with all players. I’m sure that Riley’s (although he was a year younger then

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the usual age of 9 or 10). He made
the team and has played for them for
the last three years. The season just
wrapped up over the weekend with the
Cornwall Lions winning gold in their
EOBA Championships. The Lions
played 5 games and went through the
entire tournament undefeated. Riley
was given the MVP All-Star award
for the championship game.

orty-one-year-old Paul Lepage
is married with three kids, a
granddaughter, works at Alexandria
Mouldings, and has played sports
all his life; from hockey, baseball to
volleyball, and more. He has also been
coaching soccer for the last 12 years.
Lepage got involved in the coaching
scene when his kids wanted to start
playing hockey, but eventually chose
soccer and asked him to coach.
Currently, Lepage is coaching the U18
Boys’ Seaway Valley soccer team.
Lepage continues to get involved
year after year, because he feels as
though he has a lot to offer the kids.
“I have the experience playing lots of
sports growing up; I want to be able
to show kids the proper techniques
and that it’s not always about winning
and losing. It took me a long time to
ﬁgure that out and it took away from
my enjoyment of sports,” says Lepage.

“Not everyone gets to play at a higher
level so enjoy the time you have
playing. Winning and Losing is not
everything. It’s about the friendships
you make and experience you gain
through sports.”
Lepage always aims for his team to
be constantly competitive and avoid

cutting corners. “I want my team
to be a possession team, to move the
ball up the ﬁeld properly and to know
their positions,” says Lepage. “My
philosophies are simple: respect your
opponents, their parents, respect our
team, and our Parents. Also, this is the
most difﬁcult one for me, as a coach,
but to respect the referees no matter
what the call is. It has taken me a long
time to practise what I preach on that
one.”
Paul is going into a new season, with
most of the same core players back
with four new additions to the team. “I
am excited about this year as I feel like
we have a more complete squad. Our
season, last year, I think was a success
not so much on the score card or in the
standings but I feel like the team grew
a lot last year,” says Lepage. “They
were always used to winning every
year, and last year was a wakeup call,
and they now know what it takes to
win at higher level.”

Over the past twelve years, Lepage
has collected a number of positive
coaching memories, but he admits,
if he had to ‘choose one moment’,
“It was when we had a tournament
in Shawinigan, while I was coaching
the Coyotes team, and we scored on
a penalty shot in the ﬁnals to beat the
team that won during the round -robin
against us. It was very satisfying to
win in that fashion.”
Lepage has nothing but great things
to say about those who made his
coaching experience what it has been
so far. “I would like to thank the kids
over the years that I had the pleasure
of coaching for making it fun. It is
for them after all that I do this,” says
Lepage. “I hope that I get to coach
more or to continue to be involved in
the game of soccer. Growing up I never
cared for the game and it wasn’t till my
kids started playing that I realized that
it’s up there with hockey as one of the
best games.”

Provincial Light Heavyweight title
holder, had to move up in weight
to 205 lbs to face the heavy hitting
Aubron. This was not an easy ﬁght
as the aggressive Aubron took the
ﬁght to Norman right from the
opening bell, winning the ﬁrst round.
Norman began to gain a slight edge
in rounds 2 and 3, with the 4th and
ﬁnal round being a slugfest between
the two technically skilled ﬁghters.
The ﬁght was close and the crowd
which was eerily silent awaiting
the judge’s decision, erupted when
referee Earl Barber raised Paul’s
arm in victory.

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t was quite the week for Finch’s
Paul Norman; two championships
in two very different sports, just
seven days apart. On Sunday
April 10th, playing in the Canadian
Broomball Championships, Paul
scored the winning goal in double
overtime, giving his Ottawa
Nationals team a 1 – 0 victory in
the gold medal game. On April
17th Paul climbed into the ring at
Casino Lac Lemay in Gatineau to
defeat tough, talented Julien Aubron
of Drummondville by majority
decision to capture the Provincial
Heavyweight Kickboxing Title.
Norman having been sidelined since
surgery to repair a radial bicep tear,
last fought in October of 2014 when
he KO’d North American Champ
Jonathon Lopez of New York City
in the 2nd round. Norman, the

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Paul Norman

the broomball Nationals caused me
to miss some important sparring
sessions and my system was
still repairing from playing nine
games of broomball last weekend.
However ﬁghters ﬁght and I would
have regretted not going for the title
and giving it my all in the ring. Had
my ﬁght camp been more consistent
as in my previous bouts, I would
have had more spring to my game
when he was beginning to tire.
Simply wanting it, I was able to dig
down, stay focused, and push the
pace. I knew that he was tough as
nails and that a knockout may not
The ﬁght is best described by be in the cards. Being able to stick
Paul’s own words – “it was a war”. to the game plan and earn the win
He is a tough ﬁghter and it was a was just as rewarding.”
great sense of accomplishment to
This was a hard fought, well deserved
push through barriers and unknown victory for Finch’s Paul Norman –
territory, having never gone the full the new Provincial Heavyweight
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Karate Komments
Black Belt Exam

or ﬁrst degree black belt does, is indicate that
a degree of proﬁciency has been reached in the
By Jim Riddell,
basic techniques of a particular dojos syllabus.
Seaway Karate Club
Black belt exams are usually done in front
of a grading board consisting of one or more
senior ranking instructors. How the testing is
assing a black belt exam is an experience conducted will vary widely from club to club,
that will be remembered for a lifetime by but here are the requirements that we focus on
everyone who achieves that rank. The path to at Seaway Karate.
earning a black belt is not short; it is a journey First off, anyone testing must be certiﬁed in both
that takes several years and is also one of First Aid and CPR, and possess at least a Level
attrition. Few, if any, who were training when One Karate Coaching certiﬁcate. All katas
you began karate classes, will still be around to from white belt up to ﬁrst degree black must
witness you getting that black belt tied around be performed. All of the attributes of karate
your waist. Of all the students who begin are evident during this portion of the exam,
karate classes, far less than one percent will and the board is looking at the speed, focus,
ever earn Shodan certiﬁcation.
power, timing, balance, and coordination as

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So, what does it take to get there? Well, it’s
not an easy answer as rank and belts are not
always equivalent between arts, styles, dojos,
or even within organizations. What a Shodan

well as technical correctness. The “bunkai” or
self-defence techniques that are extracted from
each of the katas must be demonstrated with a
partner and the candidate must be prepared to

explain if asked. A minimum of ﬁfteen selfdefence techniques against various strikes,
kicks, holds, and grabs must be demonstrated.
The candidate must be able to demonstrate
a complete understanding of the Pressure
Point Systems and be able to give a detailed
explanation on the various pressure points
and nerve motor points to the grading board.
Each candidate is then given a small group of
students along with some material that is new
to that group and asked to teach it to them.
Assessment is then made on how the material
was presented and how the group received it
and was able to perform it. This is where the
intangibles such as leadership abilities, people
skills, and being a good role model can be
showcased for the grading board. Earning a
Shodan or ﬁrst degree black belt rank is quite
an accomplishment, one that should not be
looked at as the end of training, but rather as
the beginning of advanced learning.

Mother and Daughter Bowling Duo
By Victoria Klassen

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even-year-old
Joelle
Lebrun and her mother,
Paulette Johnson are a bowling
duo, winning competitions in
Cornwall and Kingston. The
pair won the All Ontario family
twosome, at Olympia Bowl in
Cornwall, and moved on to win
the family twosome tournament,
in Kingston, on April 3. Their
success led them to bowl in
Oshawa on April 24.
Both Joelle and Johnson
began bowling when they were
four years old. Johnson says her
whole family bowls at Olympia
Bowl.

Joelle is a Youth Bowl Canada
bowler and she bowls every
Saturday morning. She has
competed in a few tournaments,
but this was the ﬁrst competition
that the mother and daughter
have competed in together.

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twosome tournament here in
Cornwall and then moving on
to Kingston and now moving on
to Oshawa for the ﬁnals,” says
Joelle.

of April. The Cornwall native She says that Joelle is a pee-wee
has been bowling for 35 years bowler who has been bowling
and says that she loves the with bantam bowlers.
“atmosphere of the bowling
“I enjoy the sport cause I
alley and meeting new people.”
make new friends and there are
Johnson says that bowling
Vivianne Boileau, Johnson’s
“My favorite bowling memory competitions usually begin in aunt, says that this is a huge tournaments that I can compete
is winning the All Ontario family October and run until the end accomplishment for the pair. in,” says Joelle.

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Ty Celone Wins First Place Low-Amateur in Curacao
By Molly Kett

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ot only did Ty Celone win
ﬁrst place low-amateur in the
Curacao tournament, he also won
longest drive and closest to the pin,
even beating professionals. His
mother, Angela Celone, says he had
to give away most of the prizes due
to his amateur status.
“The amateur’s were all ages and I
was one of three juniors down there
and we went down as a team but
there was an individual aspect to it
and I won the individual part of it
with 76, 74 and 75,” says Ty Celone.
Going into the tournament, Celone
felt conﬁdent in his abilities. “I’ve
had a lot of training in the winter
so I knew I was playing well and I
was pretty conﬁdent, but it’s tough
down there with all the wind, it’s
extremely windy so it’s different,”
says Celone.
Celone
says
his
biggest
competition was the guys he
travelled to the event with. “They
were on my team but we all kind of
beat each other,” says Celone.

Since this big win, Ty has travelled
to the Team Ontario Cup, which his
team was hosting as Team Ontario,
playing against the regional teams
such as Ottawa, Niagara, Essex,
Kent, and more. It was both an
individual and team event.

Celone is expecting this season to
be busier than last. “We’ve added
both of the CN Future Links events;
they’re provincial events, so is the
Ontario and the Quebec one. Those
are three four-day tournaments and
the goal this year is to perform
well enough to make it to Canadian
Juniors, which I think will be in
Nova Scotia,” say Celone.
Ultimately, Celone is working
towards a bigger goal of going
pro. Until then, university is on
the horizon. “The next step I think
is picking a good university and
playing there, getting hopefully a
division one scholarship to a good
school,” says Celone. “I’m going to
visit Tennessee at Chattanooga and
James Madison University so we’ll
see what those are like, but I like
Tennessee. I like the coach there.”

Lowe Recalls Playing at
“Unique” Complex
By Todd Anderson

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playoffs and Lowe graduated from
the QMJHL just before the Royals
won back-to-back Memorial Cups in
1979/80 and 1980/81. Lowe played
against some of the Cornwall players
who would lay the foundation for those
championship teams.

or three hockey seasons from
1976/77 to 1978/79, former NHL
Edmonton Oilers’ star defenceman
Kevin Lowe visited Cornwall on twelve
occasions skating with the Quebec
Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior
“I remember some of their guys like
Hockey League. Lowe says he’ll never
Bobby Crawford,” recalls Lowe. “He
forget playing at the Cornwall Civic
was a right-hand shot and one of the
Complex and facing off against some
better known Royals. Dan Geoffrrion,
strong Cornwall Royals hockey teams.
Graeme Nicolson, Tim Bernhardt. I
“I remember playing in Cornwall. would have lots of family come in from
I played there with the Remparts and Lachute to watch us in Cornwall. They
went to a tournament there as a kid. It would visit our games in Cornwall, in
felt like the fans were sitting on top of Hull, Laval, Verdun. They would see
you. The arena was really unique. It lots of road.”
had these seats that were higher and not
Known as a defensive-defenceman
right down to the ice.”
during his NHL career, the Lachute,
Each season during Lowe’s tenure in Que. native enjoyed a proliﬁc year in
the QMJHL, the Remparts and Royals 1978/79 for the Remparts collecting 26
would butt heads for eight games, four goals and 86 points. In 201 QMJHL
in each other’s rink. The Royals had games he scored 42 goals and 173
a winning record of 12-9-3 against points. Lowe went on to skate in 1254
the Remparts during Lowe’s time in NHL games where he recorded 84
Quebec. The teams never met in the goals and 432 points.

y boxing journey began in
March of 1971 on Gloucester
St. in Cornwall. I was 8 years old
and had recently moved to Cornwall
from Montreal. My parents had
a black and white TV with a dial
with 13 channels. Imagine, no
big screen, no remote no colour.
It was on this 20 inch television I
ﬁrst saw boxing; Muhammad Ali
vs Joe Frazier - a replay on Wide
World of Sports. What a way to
be introduced to the sport. One
of the kids in school had a boxing
magazine about famous ﬁghts of the
century and looking at the pictures
fascinated me…the muscles, the
look. Ali’s braggadocio. Frazier’s
relentless attacks. What a great
way to be introduced to the sport;
two all-time great ﬁghters in a
classic battle of the ages. It was
simply awesome! I was hooked and
Muhammad Ali was my hero. This
was a time when we had heroes;
someone who stood for something,
someone outstanding in their ﬁeld,
someone exceptional. My love
affair with boxing began.
In late 1976, I was directed
to a boxing club in Cornwall on
the corner of Pitt and Ninth St.
Upstairs was the Canada Bread
Bakery, a Texaco Gas station where
Tim Horton’s now stands, and
downstairs in the basement of the

bakery was a boxing gym run by
Dave Hilton Sr. At the time, Dave
was a 35 or 36 year old recently
retired boxer. The gym was in a
damp basement, but fairly well
equipped for the time. As you came
down the stairs you could hear the
slap of the leather bound ﬁsts on
heavy bags, the whirl of skipping
ropes, and the clanging of a loud
bell every 3 minutes. The smell
of sweat and leather and evergreen
liniment ﬁlled the air. It was
awesome but intimidating as well.
If you stood there long enough you
were directed to an ofﬁce in the
back. In the ofﬁce was a sweet lady
which happened to be Mrs. Hilton.
She would answer your questions,
tell you what you needed and give
you registration forms and collect
gym dues, which were $10 a month.

When you started boxing at Mr.
Hilton’s gym he gave you about
20 minutes of his time your ﬁrst
night, he would show you how to
wrap your hands and ask you if you
could ﬁght and why you wanted to
be a boxer. He would tell you, you
had to train 3-5 nights a week and
do running/roadwork on your own
3-4 times a week. He would show
you a very basic boxing stance and
a few basic punches then tell you
to show him how you shadow box
and he watched you move around
and throw punches. He would
quickly deduce if you had potential
or if you did not. He then gave
you a quick break down of how to
use the various punching bags and
how many 3 minute rounds to do
on each plus skipping rope, body
weight exercises, and more. After
that you were basically on your
own and had to work hard, watch
and learn from others, and catch
Mr. Hilton’s eye to receive a tip or
correction and perhaps be asked to
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thought you were ready. With Mr.
Hilton were 5 young men ranging
in age from 5 years to 13 years old;
Davey Jr 13, Alex 12, Matthew 10,
Stewart 8, and Jimmy who was 5
or 6 years old. These young kids
especially from Matthew to Davey
were exceptional in talent. Well
ahead of their years in boxing
knowledge and experience. Born
into the sport, they were immersed
early and, by the time they were 12
years old, trained like professionals;
running 1 ½ to 2 miles before
going to school in the morning and
training 5 nights a week at their
father’s boxing club. Far ahead of
other kids their age, Davey Jr. at 13
years old was already a Junior Boys
Canadian Champion and had 70-80
amateur bouts to his credit. His
brother Alex 12 years old had about
60 bouts as an amateur and 10 year
old Matthew had about 20 bouts.
They regularly put on the gloves
and sparred with older heavier
boys and fared better than well.
Watching them spar together was
a show in itself, like 2 miniature
Pro’s on TV. So almost every
evening from 6-8 pm I walked or
biked to the Hilton Boxing Club.
Yes walked…today most kids
can’t make it to sporting activities
unless mom or dad drives them,
lol! I trained and watched others
like Danny Sauve and sometimes
a young aboriginal by the name
of Larry King come in and spar
with Davey or Alex Hilton. I was
called to spar early in 1977 against
Alex Hilton…yup tested by ﬁre
and thrown to a wolf. Remember
those Bateman episodes “BIFF!
POW! BAM! BOOM! ...well it
was something like that. I was in
deep, despite being bigger, older,
and heavier. It felt like light bulbs
exploding in my face, my nose bled
and I saw stars…lots of them. After
2 rounds Dave Hilton Sr. mercifully
called a halt, wiped my face, took
my head guard off, told me what I
needed to work on, and sent me off
to work on the heavy bag. Maybe
if you were lucky Mr. Hilton would
come over and give you a few tips
if he saw you were working hard
and if he saw you kept coming
back to the gym and did not give up
and quit. Mr. Hilton knew boxing

inside and out and had boxed all
over the world against some of the
best in the world. As a matter of
fact there was a big black and white
picture in the ofﬁce of a very young
Dave Hilton Sr. with a very young
Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali)
circa 1957-58 when for a time they
both trained together in Louisville
Kentucky, Ali’s hometown. Dave
Hilton Sr.’s father was a steeple
jack who at one time worked all
over North America. Young Dave
Sr. as a teenager would sometimes
accompany and help his father,
ﬁnding a local boxing club to train at
in the evenings. Imagine…this man
had rubbed shoulders and trained
and sparred with “the Greatest”; the
one and only Muhammad Ali. Dave
Hilton Sr. was a traditional trainer
and very stern, yet protective of
his boxers. If you didn’t train you
did not box. Period. He was truly
“old school”; you trained, you ran,
no weights, hands up classic style.
Everything worked off the jab and
body punching was a must. He did
not however put the same time,
effort, and passion into training
other boys as he did with his own
boys. Were his training methods
effective? Well his sons; Davey
Hilton Jr over a 20 year pro career
was a Canadian Welterweight
champion at 19,
Canadian
Middleweight Champion at 35,
and WBC Super Middleweight
Champion of the World at 37. He
was ﬁve time Canadian Amateur
Champ and North American
Junior Champ. Alex Hilton was
Canadian Champion as an amateur
three times, and as a pro was
Canadian Middleweight Champion
three times over a 20 year career.
Matthew Hilton was a six time
Canadian Amateur Champion and
IBF Junior Middleweight World
Champion. You cannot say that,
as far as boxing goes, the Hilton
brothers went to the wrong school.
The results are in the pudding.
More, in the future, on my boxing
journey; next, the Cornwall Boxing
School from 1979 to 1984.
Yours in Sport
Jorge Luis

Also selected in the protected
he Cornwall Colts selected draft were Jared Seguin, Jeremy
some of the most talented Quesnel, Lochlan MacDonald,
Cholette,
Hunter
players from their territory in the Julien
recently held 2016 CCHL Bantam MacPherson, Josh Vandrish,
Campbell Craig, Jacob Lamothe,
Protected Draft.
and Curtis Gervais.
The Colts’ ﬁrst pick was rightThe players selected represent
shot defenceman Parker Tallman
the 2001 birth year.
from South Stormont.
In the coming weeks, the Colts
“It’s pretty overwhelming,” says
will also be hosting their Spring
Tallman. “Being protected by your
Import and Prospects Camp. It’s
home organization.”
open to anyone who believes they
The self described stay-at-home have what it takes to play Junior A
defenceman thinks he can bring a with the Colts. The camp lets the
strong, smart, and physical game Colts get a jump on recruiting for
to the Colts. He also believes he’s the 2016-17 season.

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Parker Tallman, Colts 1st Selection.

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Bike-a-Thon PLUS 2016
Saturday May 28, 2016

at St. Lawrence College

Join us for a day of fun, make a difference & change a life by raising
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